Black-breasted Weaver

Ploceus benghalensiS

Beak

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Feet

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Crest

No crest

Resident. Mainly Indus and Gangetic plains. Breeding male has yellow crown and black breast. Throat may be black or white. and some variants have white aar-coverts and throat. in non-breeding male. female and juvenile plumages. breast - band is blotchy or restricted to small patches at sides. a ndmay show indistinct, diffuse streaking on lower breast and flanks. in these plumages, has yellow supercilium!often white behind eye), distinct yellow patch on side of neck, and yellow submoustachial stripe (with black maier); similar to Streaked Weaver, except crown, nape and ear-coverts more uniform; rump also indistinctly streaked and, like nape, contrasts with heavily streaked mantle. Seasonally flooded grassland and reedy marshes; irrigated cultivation in winter.